Attendees, including hospital President Jack Ivie, center, listen to His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Armenian Church of the Western United States, speak during blessing of the water at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale on Friday, January 4, 2013. His Eminence Mardirossian performed a short ceremony to celebrate New Years and the Armenian Christmas this weekend.

Attendees, including hospital President Jack Ivie, center, listen to His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Armenian Church of the Western United States, speak during blessing of the water at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale on Friday, January 4, 2013. His Eminence Mardirossian performed a short ceremony to celebrate New Years and the Armenian Christmas this weekend.